Worldwide, governments have invested in R&D activities related to manufacturing technology and DM. National Network for Manufacturing Innovation (NNMI) in the US has six research institutes for developing the manufacturing technology.Germany's Industry 4.0, Industrial Internet Consortium, and China’s Made in China 2025 are all instances of the growing R&D activities.One of the major factors driving DM is its increased use in intelligent cars'manufacturing units. The manufacturing and R&D of intelligent cars require DM to conduct tests and simulations.Automation and robotizing of manufacturing plants and technologies such as nanotechnology and Big Data will be the major trends during the forecast period in the automotive industry in the Americas, the largest user of DM software in 2015.The implementation of DM is quite expensive, which discourages the smaller SMEs to adopt DM solutions.

PART 01: Executive summary 6

Highlights 6

PART 02: Scope of the report 7

Market overview 7

Top-vendor offerings 9

PART 03: Market research methodology 10

Research methodology 10

Economic indicators 10

PART 04: Introduction 11

Key market highlights 11

PART 05: PLM overview 12

Role of PLM in product development process 14

PART 06: DM market overview 17

DM 17

DM initiatives worldwide 17

PART 07: Role of DM in automotive manufacturing 18

Virtual simulation and real operations 18

Virtual manufacturing and real-world manufacturing 19

Virtual manufacturing 19

Real-world manufacturing 20

PART 08: DM value creation 21

PART 09: Market landscape 23

Body-in-white manufacturing 23

Machining 23

Ergonomics 24

Planning and validation 24

PART 10: Geographical segmentation 25

APAC 25

Americas 26

EMEA 28

PART 11: Buying criteria 30

Buying criteria for DM 30

PART 12: Market drivers 32

Benefits associated with the adoption of DM 32

Increased use of DM for improved traceability 32

High importance of DM in manufacturing 33

PART 13: Impact of drivers 34

PART 14: Market challenges 35

Low use of DM in SMEs 35

High cost of implementation 35

PART 15: Impact of drivers and challenges 36

PART 16: Market trends 37

Increasing use of DM in manufacturing intelligent cars 37

Increased use of DM mobile applications 37

PART 17: Impact of trends 39

PART 18: Five forces model 40

PART 19: Vendor landscape 41

Competitive scenario 41

Autodesk 41

Dassault Systèmes 45

Siemens PLM Software 50

Other prominent vendors 55

PART 20: Appendix 57

List of abbreviations 57

PART 21: Explore Technavio 58